Taylor Sheridan, the writer-director behind Yellowstone, 1883, and Landman, is doubling down on his Texas roots with a sprawling new production hub inside Fort Worth’s AllianceTexas development—a bold move that signals the state’s rising stature in the high-stakes race for premium film and TV production.

Sheridan’s Bosque Ranch Productions has locked in approximately 450,000 square feet of space in Hillwood’s 27,000-acre master-planned community, according to a report from CoStar News. The buildings—originally developed on spec—are now being transformed into purpose-built studios to support Sheridan’s ever-expanding slate of projects for Paramount Global.

One of the soundstages is already active, reportedly housing a full-scale kitchen replica set for Landman, Sheridan’s oil-boom drama starring Billy Bob Thornton.

“We’ve talked about Hollywood for a while,” developer Ross Perot Jr. told CoStar. “We have wanted to promote Fort Worth as a film destination, but it was Taylor Sheridan who kicked it off.”

The lease terms remain undisclosed, but the implications are unmistakable: Texas, long overlooked in the race for major studio infrastructure, is now firmly on the map—and Sheridan is at the center of that shift.

In late 2024, Sheridan testified before the Texas Legislature in favor of overhauling the state’s film incentives. Backed by fellow Texans Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, Sheridan’s lobbying helped push through a $1.5 billion tax incentive package, one of the largest in U.S. history. The program—which takes effect this fall—offers rebates and long-term benefits for filmmakers who invest in the state and establish permanent operations.

“None of those shows could have been produced in Texas without the state’s financial backing,” Sheridan said at the time.

Now, Fort Worth is poised to become the epicenter of that production boom. Both of Bosque Ranch’s leased buildings have been nominated for designation as qualified media production locations by the Texas Film Commission. If approved, they would become among the first to benefit from the new statewide incentives.

Sheridan’s cinematic fingerprint is already all over the region. 1883, Special Ops: Lioness, and Landman have all shot extensively in and around Fort Worth. His private ranches double as production sets—and sometimes even as venues for exclusive country music performances.

With this latest expansion, Sheridan isn’t just building sets—he’s building a legacy, turning Fort Worth into a serious rival to Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Albuquerque.